For A Green Future

12/17/2024

For A Green Future: HB 308 "Clean" Coal, Gas, Nukes?! 121524 Episode 303
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/foragreenfuture/episodes/2024-12-16T15_08_15-08_00
Host Joe DeMare takes a deep look at Ohio's HB 308 which declares coal, nukes, and fracking "clean." He places it in the larger context of Ohio's uniquely corrupt government. Rebecca Wood tells us all about Australia's adorable "possum bunnies" the bilby. Ecological News includes EV sales up and "left handed" bacteria that can eat every living thing on earth.
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Host Joe DeMare takes a deep look at Ohio's HB 308 which declares coal, nukes, and fracking "clean." He places it in the larger context of Ohio's uniquely co...

12/10/2024

For A Green Future: Nukes are NOT Clean 120824 Episode 302

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/foragreenfuture/episodes/2024-12-10T14_43_41-08_00

Host Joe DeMare talks about seeing a beautiful vision of the future in Cleveland, driving through a lake effect snowstorm, and what the Universe is trying to tell us about energy. Next he interviews Pat Marida about HB 308, which is the a bill that declares nuclear, coal, and methane to be "clean" energy sources. UPDATE the Ohio Senate Energy Committee voted to send HB 308 to the Senate for a full vote on 12/10 Rebecca Wood tells us all about llamas. Almost all good news in the Ecological News segment, including the world's largest heat pump coming online and South Africa's High Court banning future coal plants.

https://youtu.be/r-ofGqY1BkI

Host Joe DeMare talks about seeing a beautiful vision of the future in Cleveland, driving through a lake effect snowstorm, and what the Universe is trying to...

12/10/2024

For A Green Future: A Culture of Denial, 120124 Episode 301

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/foragreenfuture/episodes/2024-12-04T11_23_54-08_00

Host Joe DeMare talks about his eco-observation on a trip to Colorado including droughts, Sandhill cranes and wind turbines. Next he interviews Dr. Andy Hoffman about the ways culture influences people's beliefs about global warming. Rebecca Wood talks about World AIDS Day, and the ecological ramifications. Ecological News includes weird world weather and Global Witness's annual report on environmental activists who've been martyred for protecting the environment.

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Host Joe DeMare talks about his eco-observation on a trip to Colorado including droughts, Sandhill cranes and wind turbines. Next he interviews Dr. Andy Hoff...

11/18/2024

For A Green Future: Cop 29 Versus AMOC collapse 111724 Episode 299
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/foragreenfuture/episodes/2024-11-18T11_03_07-08_00
Host Joe DeMare talks about the bizarre weather happening around the world and in NW Ohio because of global warming, and the latest projections about what will happen if the Atlantic current collapses, hint, it's NOT like in the movie "The Day After Tomorrow." Next he plays a press conference held by anti-nuclear organizations from around the world at COP 29 that explain why nukes are no solution to climate change. Rebecca Wood celebrates "Men's Day." Ecological News includes good news about two way car battery charging and bad news about greenhouse gas emissions.
https://youtu.be/ahH3ny2Lt_8

Host Joe DeMare talks about the bizarre weather happening around the world and in NW Ohio because of global warming, and the latest projections about what wi...

10/29/2024

For A Green Future: The Odds of Doom 102724 Episode 296
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/foragreenfuture/episodes/2024-10-29T06_50_51-07_00
Host Joe DeMare reviews the environmental policies of the four major presidential candidates. Next he interviews Dr. Eliot Jacobson, retired math professor and expert in making amazing graphs and charts that illustrate global warming with incredible precision and which have gained him more than 80,000 X followers. Rebecca Wood talks about bats. Ecological News includes records being broken in Australia for rooftop solar and the UN Biodiversity conference in Columbia.
https://youtu.be/Qqkw-w-DoeA

Host Joe DeMare reviews the environmental policies of the four major presidential candidates. Next he interviews Dr. Eliot Jacobson, retired math professor a...

10/14/2024

For A Green Future Advocating for Lake Erie 101324 Episode 294
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/foragreenfuture/episodes/2024-10-14T13_15_38-07_00
Host Joe DeMare talks about his observations at Maumee Bay State Park where he went to see the Northern Lights. Next he talks with Vickie Askins from Lake Erie Advocates about the continuing scandal of CAFOS being allowed to contaminate Lake Erie with sewage. Rebecca Wood tells us about the Taino people who were brutalized by Columbus. Ecological News includes advances in Sodium Chloride battery production and the discovery of 70,000 new viruses.
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https://youtu.be/5126vwDZngQ

Host Joe DeMare talks about his observations at Maumee Bay State Park where he went to see the Northern Lights. Next he talks with Vickie Askins from Lake Er...

10/08/2024

Don't miss your chance! Watch "Atomic Bamboozle" for FREE, thanks to the Sierra Club, through the end of September!

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10/07/2024

For A Green Future Palisades: Rotten to the Core 100624 Episode 293
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/foragreenfuture/episodes/2024-10-07T13_46_43-07_00
Host Joe DeMare talks about the connection between diet and ecological destruction, singing the praises of vegans, even though he's not one himself. Next he interviews Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear about the latest discoveries of corrosion in the steam tubes of the Palisades nuclear power plant, and what that means for the crooked company Holtec, claiming to be able to restart the plant for a few billion dollars. Rebecca Wood talks about the Phucket, Thailand Nine Emperor Gods Vegan Festival. Ecological News includes Ford giving away free level 2 electric car chargers and the seven countries that have already achieved 100% renewable electricity.
Video link
https://youtu.be/TNuubR7GtUI

Host Joe DeMare talks about the connection between diet and ecological destruction, singing the praises of vegans, even though he's not one himself. Next he ...

09/25/2024

For A Green Future Marine Heat Wave = Attack of the Pyrosomes! 092224 Episode 291
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/foragreenfuture/episodes/2024-09-25T08_13_10-07_00
Joe DeMare talks about the drought gripping most of Ohio causing crop losses and draining rivers and ponds. Then he reminisces about the 2014 People's Climate March, the largest environmental protest in US history with 400,000 people! Next he interviews Dylan Gomes, marine biologist who talks about the ecological impact of marine heat waves including huge surges of Pyrosomes, colonial tubes up to 60 feet long that vacuum up sea life. Rebecca Wood talks about the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. Ecological News includes record wind turbine orders in China, but falling orders elsewhere, Australian conservative politicians' plan to switch off people's rooftop solar panels, and more!
Video link
https://youtu.be/40Jm###Q5uE

09/17/2024

For A Green Future: Slaughtering Bears in Alaska! 091524 Episode 290
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/foragreenfuture/episodes/2024-09-17T04_17_34-07_00
Host Joe DeMare answers a listener's question about why wind and solar companies don't advertise more to counter the disinformation being spread about them. He also talks about the fate of the NASA astronauts trapped on the ISS and compares their fate to ours. Next he interviews Richard Steiner of PEER about Alaska's misguided and ineffective policy of slaughtering bears and wolves. Then Rebecca Wood celebrates Greenpeace day. Ecological News includes drought in Sicily, the federal government paying people to take nuclear generated electricity, and Denmark's largest windfarm.
https://youtu.be/JriP7aPONsU

Host Joe DeMare answers a listener's question about why wind and solar companies don't advertise more to counter the disinformation being spread about them. ...

09/06/2024

For A Green Future Diablo's Nuclear Earthquake? 090124 Episode 288

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/foragreenfuture/episodes/2024-09-04T09_13_22-07_00

Host Joe DeMare talks about the early fall bird migration that seems to be going on in North America. Next, he interviews Linda Seeley with Mothers for Peace about a rare point of hope in their battle to protect California from the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, poised for disaster on thrust faults. Rebecca Wood tells us all about armidillos. Ecological News includes: new shocking levels of plutonium contamination at Los Alamos; Elon Musk sabotaging the switch to the Tesla charging system; and Brazilian wildfires.

https://youtu.be/ojaWZkjxRGs

08/28/2024

"We never learned about uranium exposure... They were killing us. And they knew they were killing us."

Linda Evers, like many others, worked in the uranium mines of New Mexico, unknowingly putting her life and her children’s health at risk. Decades later, the devastating effects of radiation exposure continue to haunt those who sacrificed for the U.S. nuclear program. It’s a painful reminder of the costs of progress and the urgent need for accountability.

Let’s amplify the voices of those still fighting for justice. Support the expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) and ensure that no more lives are lost or overlooked.

Read more: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/people-harmed-by-radiation-exposure-can-forget-about-any-federal-compensation/